Kashmir

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News about Kashmir, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 2, 2015

India Prime Min Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist party joins regional party controlled by Muslims to form state government in disputed Kashmir region; it is first time Hindu party has had leadership role in district. MORE

Jan. 28, 2015

Indian Army Col Munindra Nath Rai and a police officer die, along with two rebel fighters, during gun battle with militants in Kashmir. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Two people are reportedly killed in gunfire exchange between Indian and Pakistani guards along disputed border of Jammu and Kashmir. MORE

Dec. 10, 2014

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir State are marred by protesters fighting with police, in contrast with two earlier peaceful voting phases. MORE

Dec. 9, 2014

Indian Prime Min Narendra Modi gives routine campaign speech at rally in Srinagar in Kashmir without serious incident; event comes as surprise given Modi's complicated past with Muslims, who make up majority in region. MORE

Dec. 6, 2014

Gun battle between armed militants and Indian Army camp in valley of Kashmir leaves 11 members of the security forces and six militants dead; attack occurs just days before Prime Min Narendra Modi is to speak at election rally. MORE

Nov. 29, 2014

Indian Army indicts nine soldiers in killing of two civilians in Indian-administered portion of Kashmir. MORE

Nov. 28, 2014

Gunmen attack Indian army base near Kashmir border with Pakistan and at least 10 people are killed; militants kill three soldiers and three civilians before at least four of them are killed. MORE

Nov. 8, 2014

Indian Army takes responsibility for the killing of two teenagers at security checkpoint in the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir, promising full investigation. MORE

Nov. 5, 2014

Protests break out in Indian-administered Kashmir one day after Indian soldiers opened fire on a car that did not stop at a checkpoint, killing two people. MORE

Oct. 11, 2014

Villagers are surveying damage as disputed Kashmiri border falls quiet, after more than a week of gunfire between Pakistan and India; Prime Min Narendra Modi of India, who has promised compensation to villagers who have lost houses, livestock and farm equipment in the recent conflict, uses respite in firing to emphasize India’s military might. MORE

Oct. 10, 2014

Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley blames Pakistan for escalating conflict that has claimed about 20 lives on both sides of Kashmiri boundary and left thousands of villagers homeless. MORE

Oct. 9, 2014

Indian and Pakistani troops exchange heavy gunfire in Kashmir, after days of fighting that has left at least 17 civilians dead and dozens wounded on both sides of the Kashmiri frontier. MORE

Oct. 7, 2014

At least five Indian civilians and four Pakistani civilians are killed by overnight shelling along disputed Indian-Pakistani border in fighting that brought end to monthlong lull in cross-border fire. MORE

Sep. 27, 2014

India and China agree to defuse nearly three-week-old standoff between troops in disputed border region of Ladakh, Kashmir; both countries agree to begin withdrawing troops immediately to the positions they occupied on Sept 1. MORE

Sep. 20, 2014

Kashmir is in midst of health crisis in aftermath of powerful floods in the region; many hospitals are barely functioning and areas are chocked by putrid, infectious water. MORE

Sep. 19, 2014

India Prime Min Narendra Modi presses Chinese Pres Xi Jinping for a resolution to border dispute in Kashmir that has escalated abruptly, warning him that India's patience has worn thin and that any crop of deals must await a territorial resolution. MORE

Sep. 16, 2014

Many residents of Srinagar, Kashmir, criticize Indian government's response to flooding, saying aid that has been provided has been too little, too late; trust between populace and central government is so low that some relief deliveries have dissolved into open confrontation. MORE

Sep. 13, 2014

Indian Army's use of social media has been unexpected development in rescue efforts for flood victims in Kashmir; one driver of change is Prime Min Narendra Modi, who regards social media as central link to the public. MORE

Sep. 11, 2014

Photo of Srinagar, Kashmir, where people are waiting on rooftops to be rescued from extreme flooding. MORE

Sep. 10, 2014

Sheer scale of flooding in Pakistan and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, along with collapse of some communications networks, has hindered rescue operations; hundreds of people are dead and many remain stranded following nearly a week of incessant rains. MORE

Sep. 9, 2014

Relief operations struggle in Indian-administered portion of Kashmir and in parts of Pakistan where six days of rain and flooding have left hundreds of people dead. MORE

Sep. 5, 2014

Photo of people in Kashmir carrying a boy to safety after heavy rains caused major flooding. MORE

Sep. 3, 2014

Indian authorities say three anti-government militants were killed in shootout in Indian-administered region of Kashmir. MORE

Aug. 20, 2014

Editorial contends that Indian Prime Min Narendra Modi fumbled early test of leadership by canceling high-level meeting with Pakistan; asserts that cancellation was overreaction to border violations in Kashmir; calls for both Modi and Pakistani Prime Min Nawaz Sharif to meet and establish continuing dialogue. MORE

Aug. 19, 2014

India calls off planned talks with Pakistan, citing meeting between Pakistan's top diplomat in New Delhi and separatist leaders from Kashmir in defiance of an Indian warning. MORE

Aug. 14, 2014

Pakistan responds swiftly to a tough speech by India’s Prime Min Narendra Modi over disputed territory of Kashmir; calls remarks 'unfortunate' and says it seeks good relations with its neighbor. MORE

Aug. 9, 2014

Pakistani officials release Satyasheel Yadav, Indian border guard who was arrested after he accidentally crossed border in disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. MORE

Jul. 5, 2014

Indian Prime Min Narendra Modi makes first official trip to Indian-controlled Kashmir, while separatist groups there stage strike that shuts shops, businesses and schools. MORE

Mar. 6, 2014

Kashmiri students at a private university in northeastern India are suspended indefinitely and removed from their dorms after they cheered for the Pakistani team during a televised cricket match against India. MORE

Jan. 26, 2014

Indian Army dismisses charges against five soldiers who were accused in 2000 of shooting and burning five innocent civilians after dressing them in fatigues and claiming they were Pakistani militants. MORE

Oct. 26, 2013

Indian and Pakistani troops fire machine guns and mortar shells across border in Kashmir, wounding at least 12 people, including children, amid some of most serious tensions in region in a decade. MORE

Sep. 30, 2013

Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh, prime ministers of Pakistan and India, hold first official meeting in New York, where they share promises of mutual restraint in Kashmir but little hope of fresh start. MORE

Sep. 26, 2013

Three men dressed in Indian Army uniforms attacked a police station and an army base, officials said, just days before a planned meeting between leaders of India and Pakistan. MORE

Sep. 8, 2013

Conductor Zubin Mehta fulfills his dream of playing for audience of Hindus and Muslims sitting together in Kashmir but concert is widely criticized as elitist in area where much of population chafes against heavy Indian police presence. MORE

Sep. 7, 2013

More than 350 former militants have returned to India-controlled Kashmir as part of quiet new effort to rehabilitate some of thousands who left home to fight for Pakistan in separatist feud with India over disputed territory. MORE

Aug. 17, 2013

Analysts say more serious military exchanges between India and Pakistan over Kashmir point to a new brittleness in rivalry, and one that is being exacerbated by impending American troop withdrawal in Afghanistan. MORE

Aug. 15, 2013

Pakistani military officials say Indian military killed a civilian, latest incident in a round of accusations of cross-border violations in disputed Kashmir region, which the two countries claim in its entirety. MORE

Aug. 13, 2013

Pakistan accuses Indian troops of shelling its territory along disputed Kashmir border and killing a civilian, latest in series of allegations of cross-border attacks made by both sides. MORE

Aug. 12, 2013

Indian forces and local authorities enforce curfews in several towns in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir after rioting leaves two civilians dead. MORE

Aug. 3, 2013

Indian Army kills a dozen people suspected of being rebels in five days of fighting near the highly militarized line dividing disputed territory of Kashmir between India and Pakistan. MORE

Jul. 22, 2013

Thathri Journal; discovery of unexploded grenade outside police station in Thathri, Kashmir, tiny mountain town that was once the site of bloody battles between militants, has some people fearing that recent calm may not last. MORE

Jul. 19, 2013

Government forces in Indian portion of Kashmir fatally shoot four villagers and wound 25 others protesting what they say is desecration of Koran by border guards. MORE

Jun. 8, 2013

Indian Army says one of its officers was killed in unprovoked firing from across the cease-fire line with Pakistan in disputed Kashmir. MORE

May. 25, 2013

Four Indian Army soldiers and a gunman suspected of being a rebel are killed in fighting in the Indian portion of Kashmir. MORE

Feb. 16, 2013

Indian troops shoot and kill another Pakistani soldier at de facto border between two countries in Kashmir, adding to unusually tense period in disputed region. MORE

Jan. 23, 2013

Indian officials, after deadly cross-border skirmishes with Pakistan, are advising residents of strife-torn Kashmir to prepare for possible nuclear war by building bombproof basements and stockpiling food and water. MORE

Jan. 17, 2013

Editorial warns that simmering disputes between India and Pakistan have taken turn for worse due to fatal incidents across disputed Kashmir border; posits one of likeliest flash points for nuclear war is enduring conflict between the two countries. MORE

Jan. 16, 2013

Indian Prime Min Manmohan Singh says renewed hostilities between Pakistan and India in disputed Kashmir region, particularly alleged beheading of Indian soldier by Pakistanis, makes cooperation between two countries impossible. MORE

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For decades, India maintained hundreds of thousands of security forces in Kashmir to fight an insurgency sponsored by Pakistan, which claims the border region, too. But protests, which have erupted for a third straight summer, have led India to one of its most serious internal crises in recent memory.